Three random but interesting technology-related facts!
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• A single Google search uses more power than the entire Apollo mission
According to Google in a 2012 post, a single web search uses more electricity than the entire Apollo space moon landing program.
This includes all the computing in space and on land throughout the entire planning and live mission. Technology has advanced and resources at the time we’re limited.
Check out Google’s blog post on the official specifications here.
• The internet could weighs as much as a small car
A researcher in 2016 estimated that the internet weighed about 50g, or a strawbery. At that time, internet data was estimated at 5million terrabyte (or 5billion gigs GB).
Today, it’s nearing 200 zettabytes (or 186 trillion gigs) and growing extensively by the day. Just for example, 30,000 hours of content was uploaded to YouTube per hour.
Sources:
– Progress: How Much Does the Internet Weigh
– Statista: Hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute
• The first computer bug was an actual bug
Computer bugs are errors or flaws in code which cause issues such as visual glitches or crashes. They are common today, but the first ever was an actual bug.
Researchers at Harvard found a moth between the Aike Relay electromechanical computer’s relays. The log entry (actual book) even included the actual physical insect. And this is how the words “bug” and “debug” became standard tech terminology.
Read more on Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History website here.
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